
Forgotten rock in Japan reveals 220-million-year-old ichthyosaur fossil
A vertebrate fossil discovered in a rock from the Late Triassic period (approximately 220 million years ago) in Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, has been confirmed through joint research by Okayama University of Science and other institutions to be the first ichthyosaur fossil ever found in western Japan. The discovery was announced by Professor Takafumi Kato…